Should we really accept makeover by computer?
His face is one any mother could love. But his hair! Every summer, Dan Young shaves his head, cool and easy. His mother, Toni, 48, groans when he does. She grew up in the '60s and likes ... hair.

Good Time Guide
"Just Janice" at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Amarillo College Experimental Theatre on the Washington Street campus. For information, call 371-5359.

TEA official praises FFA
FFA members in Amarillo for the 71st annual state convention are being challenged to go above and beyond, to carve out the future for the changing agriculture industry and to become the leaders of this nation.

First tiltrotors set for fall delivery
The first two tiltrotor aircraft built in Amarillo should be delivered to the U.S. Marine Corps this fall, a Bell Helicopter Textron executive said Thursday.

Convention continues
The choices made today will determine if a person goes "Above and Beyond" in life - the challenge being made to the 4,500 FFA members attending the 71st annual Texas FFA Convention at the Amarillo Civic Center this week.PM

Vacant house destroyed by fire
PORTALES, N.M. - A vacant Roosevelt County house was destroyed by fire late Tuesday, said Portales Fire Department Capt. Arly Hamner.

Student not indicted on weapons charge
A Randall County grand jury found Wednesday that there was not enough evidence to support an indictment of 18-year-old James Weston Pankratz on a charge of possessing components of explosives.

Change of venue granted
LITTLEFIELD - Senior District Judge Jack Young granted Eddie Rowton, accused of capital murder in the 1992 death of 5-year-old Shawnlee Perry, a change of venue June 30.

Despite rising oil prices, companies still cautious
With the price of oil flirting with $20 a barrel for the first time in 19 months, energy companies are beginning to spend more freely on exploration but are being cautious before reversing thousands of layoffs.

Hacker risks threaten Net technology
Kevin Kelleher arrived for work one morning to find a familiar high-tech headache for the federal government: Hackers vandalized the national weather Internet site he manages in Oklahoma.

Lab cancels test using bacteria
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) - Los Alamos National Laboratory officials, bowing to pressure from nearby residents, on Thursday canceled the release of bacteria into the atmosphere to test new biowarfare detectors.

Sena says feds gave his buses OK rating
SANTA FE (AP) - Embattled bus line operator Ray Sena contends he should be allowed to run a new bus company because Shuttlejack Inc. got a satisfactory rating May 10 from the Federal Highway Administration.

Jury finds tobacco industry liable in class-action lawsuit
MIAMI - A landmark lawsuit by smokers yielded a verdict Wednesday that could cost the tobacco industry billions in damages, as a jury held the companies liable for making a defective product that causes emphysema, lung cancer and other illnesses.

Police chief intent to sue Clovis city officials
CLOVIS, N.M. - An attorney for Clovis Police Chief Harry Boden officially notified the City of Clovis, the mayor and city manager on Wednesday of Boden's intent to sue them for a total of $1 million for alleged civil rights violations, according to city records.

Lawmakers to investigate Hobbs prison
SANTA FE (AP) - Three inmate stabbing deaths, a near riot and a missing gun have prompted a group of legislators to begin an investigation of problems at a private prison in Hobbs.

Lab to talk to residents about bacterial release
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) - Los Alamos National Laboratory plans to release bacteria into the atmosphere to test new biowarfare detectors, but officials agreed to meet with worried residents before scheduling the release.

Clovis woman killed in two-vehicle collision
CLOVIS, N.M. - A Clovis woman was killed Thursday morning as the result of injuries sustained in a two-vehicle collision at a rural county intersection, according to New Mexico State Police reports.

Editorial: Bush makes right call
Now that George W. Bush has dropped all pretense about his presidential campaign, it is time to laud him for making a call regarding his emerging dual role - as Texas governor and candidate for the presidency.

Letters to the editor
Everyone was happy and celebrating, but what about the person who had his pasture burned up on the night of July 4? How happy is he? Are his horses alive or dead? And do those who started the fire even care? I doubt it!

Editorial: Panhandle legislative clout needs protecting
Although some observers have warned that the Texas Panhandle will lose one of its three members of the Texas House of Representatives as a result of the 2000 census, one legislator in a position to know says we probably don't need to worry - not as long as Pete Laney is speaker of the House.

Editorial: Play nearing 3 million visitors
Sometime next month, an audience member at the outdoor musical "Texas" could be singled out for special recognition. He or she would be the 3 millionth person to see the production that has brought worldwide renown to Amarillo, Canyon and the region.
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Letters to the Editor
This letter is in regard to Globe-News Staff Writer Chip Chandler's June 26 review of the "Can't Get Enough of Texas" musical performing through August at the Amarillo Little Theatre.

Seewald: Misguided attempt to protect U.S. flag to back
No holiday is suffused with more patriotism than the Fourth of July. This year gives cause for reflection on the constitutional amendment passed 10 days before by the House of Representatives seeking to outlaw burning of a U.S. flag.

Letters: Gore twists facts about father
He invented the Internet. He lamented his sister's death due to the evils of tobacco and then bragged to tobacco farmers (his constituency) how he was one of them because he had "hoed it, chopped it, shredded it and sprayed it" (it being tobacco).
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Dougherty grabs U.S. Senior Open lead
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Ed Dougherty, whose litany of physical ailments could fill a medical journal, rallied after a faltering start to grab the first-round lead Thursday in the U.S. Senior Open.

Grudges and goals highlight World Cup clash
BEIJING (AP) - Sure, sports and politics shouldn't mix. But there's too much bad blood between China and the United States for their clash in the Women's World Cup final to be just about scoring goals.

All-Star dilemma
NEW YORK (AP) - For every player who felt slighted after being left off the All-Star game rosters, managers Joe Torre and Bruce Bochy can only sympathize and plead for understanding.The dilemma for both was having more deserving players than they had room on their rosters.

Devil Rays' Eiland bests Martinez
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Tampa Bay's Dave Eiland pitched six strong innings to get his first major league win in almost four years Wednesday night, a 3-2 victory over Pedro Martinez and the Boston Red Sox.

WNBA All-Star Teams
NEW YORK - The 1999 WNBA All-Star teams announced Thursday. The game will be held July 14 at Madison Square Garden (x-starter; y-injured): EASTERN CONFERENCESandy Brondello, G, Detroit

Greater Milwaukee Open
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Ben Bates, a veteran of the Nike Tour and the sanitation business, tied the Brown Deer Park course record with a 62 on Thursday and held a two-shot lead after the first round of the Greater Milwaukee Open.

Dumas' Williams makes some TGCA history
AUSTIN - Dumas High's Julie Williams maintained her perfect record at the Burger Center and helped make some Texas Girls Coaches Association all-star history in the process.

Patrick sharp in Dillas' 11-1 victory
ABILENE- Former West Texas State A&M University pitcher Jason Patrick pitched two-hit ball over eight innings and the Amarillo Dillas rebounded from a loss the night before to drum Abilene 11-1 Wednesday night at Crutcher Scott Field.

Drive-through gambling
GRAND PRAIRIE (AP) - Starting today, gamblers at Lone Star Park can play the horses the same way they buy Egg McMuffins - at the drive-through on the way to work.

A rousing success
LOS ANGELES (AP) - In Marla Messing's wildest dreams, the Rose Bowl would be filled on July 10, just like nearly every other stadium was when the United States played a Women's World Cup game.

Blue Jays pound Orioles
BALTIMORE (AP) - The Toronto Blue Jays hit six home runs, including two each by Willis Otanez and Tony Batista, and completed their second three-game sweep of Baltimore in 10 days with an 11-6 victory Thursday.

Former WTAMU pitcher sharp in Dillas' win
ABILENE- Former West Texas State A&M University pitcher Jason Patrick pitched two-hit ball over eight innings and the Amarillo Dillas rebounded from a loss the night before to drum Abilene 11-1 Wednesday night at Crutcher Scott Field.

Greater Milwaukee Open
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Ben Bates, a veteran of the Nike Tour and the sanitation business, tied the Brown Deer Park course record with a 62 on Thursday and held a two-shot lead after the first round of the Greater Milwaukee Open.

Dumas' Williams makes some TGCA history
AUSTIN - Dumas High's Julie Williams maintained her perfect record at the Burger Center and helped make some Texas Girls Coaches Association all-star history in the process.

Dougherty grabs U.S. Senior Open lead
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Ed Dougherty, whose litany of physical ailments could fill a medical journal, rallied after a faltering start to grab the first-round lead Thursday in the U.S. Senior Open.

Softball
Entry deadline today for PARD fall season The 1999 fall softball season will begin the week of Aug. 2. Registration began on July 6 and has been extended through today.

USA Junior Roster
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Players chosen by USA Basketball for the U.S. men's Junior World Championships with height and college or hometown (college attending in 1999 in parentheses):

18 injured as Amtrak train derails
EAGLE LAKE - An Amtrak train carrying 235 passengers collided with a truck trailer Thursday, derailing nine of 13 cars and leaving 18 people hurt. One of the injured, the engineer, was in guarded condition.

Hungry grasshoppers vex farmers
FORT WORTH - Marauding grasshoppers are munching their way across Texas as part of an infestation that is expected to grow worse for farmers and gardeners as the summer wears on.

State's nuclear power plants almost prepared for Y2K
HOUSTON (AP) - All corrections to the Y2K computer glitch that relate to safety at Texas' two nuclear power plants have been finished, but the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said other fixes still are needed on computers there.

Moderate Baptists seek new alliances
DALLAS (AP) - Some Texas Baptists who want to expand their contact with like-minded ministries voted to form an association that will include churches in Louisiana, Oklahoma and New Mexico.

TEXAS BRIEFS
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Four more members of the Mexican Mafia have been ordered to serve life prison sentences for their racketeering and conspiracy convictions.

BBB begins charging for complaints
DALLAS (AP) - The Better Business Bureau built a reputation for handling protests about things such as unfair charges by businesses, but if you want to complain to the group's Dallas office, it'll cost you.

Rowton in more trouble
Before Eddie Rowton goes on trial for the 1992 murder of an Earth child, he will likely be tried for sexually assaulting another inmate at the Lamb County Jail, his Lubbock attorney Philip Wischkaemper said.

Tougher oversight urged for charter schools
AUSTIN - With several charter schools facing financial difficulties, the State Board of Education is considering new rules aimed at improving its oversight for such schools.

Texas inmate convicted on DNA evidence executed
HUNTSVILLE (AP) - State prison officials on Wednesday confirmed there is a prison guard shortage, but downplayed the staffing downturn as a factor in a convicted killer's escape attempt last month.

DOE head agrees to weapons agency
Still reeling from the controversy over Chinese espionage and lax security, U.S. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson agreed to a semiautonomous nuclear weapons agency within his department.

DPS: Emergency lights were on before wreck
TEXAS CITY (AP) - Emergency lights of a state trooper's car were on when it slammed into another vehicle en route to an accident scene, a Texas Department of Public Safety videotape shows.

Clinton decries poverty of tribal nation
PINE RIDGE, S.D. - Geraldine Blue Bird's lip trembled as she spoke to President Clinton on her weatherworn front porch. She told him about the 11 relatives who lived inside, and the 17 who slept in the trailer out back.

Witness's credibility under attack
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Texas lawyer who represented Linda Jones in her civil lawsuit against then-Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros rejected prosecutors' contention Thursday that he ever had custody of the original tapes she secretly made of her talks with her ex-lover.

Stocks hit record highs
NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks bobbed and weaved into record high territory Wednesday as the beginning of the second-quarter earnings reporting season injected some uncertainty into the stock market.

Police must learn new guidelines
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers who pulled over a speeding car had no idea a back-seat passenger was carrying drugs in her purse. But they ended up looking inside it anyway, a search now condoned by the nation's highest court.

Study: Tea may cut health risks
LONDON - Drinking at least one cup of tea a day could cut the risk of heart attack by 44 percent, according to new research presented Thursday.

Little success on war on poverty
WASHINGTON - Ever since Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty 35 years ago, the government has had little success elevating depressed areas like those President Clinton toured this week.

Comatose woman pregnant with twins awakens
LOS ANGELES - Nobody expected Maria Lydia Hernandez Lopez to awaken from her coma, and her doctors held little hope that the twin girls she had been carrying for nearly six months would be born alive.

Milosevic foes stone party headquarters
PROKUPLJE, Yugoslavia (AP) - Protesters demanding the resignation of Slobodan Milosevic stoned his party's headquarters here Thursday after a supporter of the Yugoslav president fired gunshots into the air to disrupt the rally.

Heat kills 21, N.Y. suffers blackout
NEW YORK - Three days of broiling heat that killed 21 people in the East and Midwest gave way to cooler weather Wednesday, bringing relief to hundreds of thousands of New York City residents who spent the night in a blackout.

Air Force jet to drop medicine at South Pole
SEATTLE (AP) - An Air Force cargo jet took off Thursday on a dangerous mission to drop medicine and other supplies at the South Pole for an American woman who discovered a lump in her breast and can't be evacuated until October or November.

Navy may restore ties to Tailhook group
WASHINGTON (AP) - Eight years after the Tailhook scandal of drunken escapades and sexual abuse rocked the Navy and forced changes in its treatment of women, Navy leaders are considering restoring official recognition to the aviators group that was host for the debauchery.

Nasdaq rises to new record
NEW YORK (AP) - Stock prices were mixed Thursday as strength in Internet and computer stocks helped the technology sector outperform the broader market.

Things are looking up for American kids
WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite fears about violence in schools, the number of kids committing and falling victim to crime has been dropping since 1993, according to a government report on the state of American children.

Killer bees expected to stay
PHOENIX - Although Armageddon never arrived, experts say killer bees are here to stay. And Arizonans better get used to it.

NASA clears telescope for launch
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The largest and most powerful X-ray telescope ever to be launched will leave aboard the space shuttle Columbia on July 20, the anniversary of man's first moon landing, NASA said Thursday.

Bullfighter gored in famed festival
PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) - A matador was seriously gored Thursday during the daily bullfight at the famed San Fermin festival in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona.

Report finds online gap between races
WASHINGTON (AP) - The disparity between whites and black and Hispanic Americans who own computers and use the Internet is growing significantly toward a "racial ravine," in many cases even after accounting for differences in income, the government reported today.PM

Rocky Flats marks cleanup milestone
GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) - Workers at Rocky Flats removed and treated the last of the plutonium-laden liquids in a former production building, a key milestone in the site's cleanup.

Execution of obese inmate turns bloody
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A 344-pound killer nicknamed "Tiny" bled all over himself as he was put to death in Florida's new electric chair Thursday, prompting demands that all executions

First lady pledges advocacy to New Yorkers
WEST DAVENPORT, N.Y. - Plunging into her race for the Senate, Hillary Rodham Clinton brushed aside criticism Wednesday that she is a carpetbagger in New York. "What I am for is maybe as important, if not more important, than where I am from," the first lady said.

14 hurt as flight hits turbulence
HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) - A Continental Airlines flight from New York to Puerto Rico hit severe turbulence Thursday that injured 14 passengers and forced it to land in Bermuda.

Pretrial hearing enters final stretch
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Texas lawyer who represented Linda Jones in her civil lawsuit against then-Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros rejected prosecutors' contention Thursday that he ever had custody of the original tapes she secretly made of her talks with her ex-lover.

Witness's credibility under assault
WASHINGTON (AP) - Prosecutors on Thursday probed the recollections of a Texas lawyer whose testimony contradicts that of their star witness in the conspiracy case against former Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros.